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lines of age
The lines on the rock are like the lines on the face of an elder. What events have created them? Where have these rocks come from? What tumultuous journeys have they suffered? How old are they? ... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 23, 2008
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time traveller
Heidi Henderson is a time traveller and author of the blog, Archea, Musings in Natural History.
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Posted by Marja-Leena on May 6, 2008
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Elaine de Kooning
Recently I discovered Elaine de Kooning and some work she had done at Crown Point over 20 years ago...
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Posted by Marja-Leena on March 6, 2008
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Vottovaara
Browsing the latest posts at The Megalithic Portal a few weeks ago, an article with the name Vottovaara, caught my attention for it sounds Finnish and also sounded rather familiar to me....
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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 14, 2008
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Range Creek Canyon art
It's been awhile since I wrote about rock art... Many of us know about the fantastic collections of native rock art in Utah, USA. The quality and quantity of beautiful rock art in the Range Creek Canyon of Utah first... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on December 17, 2007
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Seven years and Thanksgiving
The amazing wood s lot is 7 years old, and that's a lot in blog years! In addition to his ever rich cornucopia, for the past few months Mark has been posting his own beautiful photos of his home... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 6, 2007
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rocks bearing fossils
Eight years ago, when I had an exhibition of my works in a gallery in Edmonton, Alberta, my husband and I decided to deliver my framed works by car and make this journey into a bit of a... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 21, 2007
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ancient chewing gum
imagine my surprise reading this at Mirabilis: A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student on a dig in western FINLAND
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Posted by Marja-Leena on August 20, 2007
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Writing-on-Stone Park
This morning, I was very excited by an article in our newspaper about Writing-on-Stone Park in Alberta, a very important place for me, spiritually and artistically. Unfortunately, the online version does not include the photos of some of... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 14, 2007
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Bella Coola petroglyphs
Chris Corrigan is presently up in Bella Coola, on the northern coast of British Columbia. I'm very excited to read: "...we hiked up to the incredibly impressive petroglyphs...
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Posted by Marja-Leena on May 24, 2007
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the call of our past
I keep thinking about my deep fascination for my own origins, of the origins of the Finno-Ugrics, and of all humans. I'm understanding more and more that this is at the very root of my fascination and passion for the traces left behind by these early people...
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Posted by Marja-Leena on April 20, 2007
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hands in rock art
Do you recall my handprints? As you know, they were inspired by many rock art hand paintings from around the world, such as those in Borneo. Well, I've just been peeking into the Bradshaw Foundation pages to see what's... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 23, 2007
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OriginsNet
Reader Bill, knowing my interest in prehistoric art, recently sent me a link to a very informative website. OriginsNet is about "Researching the Origins of Art, Religion, & Mind".
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Posted by Marja-Leena on February 21, 2007
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Ancient British Columbia
I'm thrilled and proud to have two of my photographs of Hornby Island petroglyphs in this book....
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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 28, 2007
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wombat's world
checked out a link back to my blog from Wombat's World -the writer was going to Finland to see the Astuvansalmi rock paintings!
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Posted by Marja-Leena on October 9, 2006
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rock paintings & blogs
I'm thrilled whenever I come across images of ancient rock art unexpectedly and this has just happened twice over two days. Regular readers will know that it's a subject of great interest and inspiration for me even in my own art making.
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Posted by Marja-Leena on September 19, 2006
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the human journey
I've been happily lost in my travels through the pages of the Atlas of the Human Journey. I'm always fascinated to learn more about the amazing migration of humans from Africa to all the far corners of the earth.... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 24, 2006
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watch this!
...the PBS series How Art Made the World is beginning tonight on your local PBS channel. In Vancouver, that's KCTS 9 from Seattle at 10 pm.
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Posted by Marja-Leena on June 26, 2006
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Alberta Trip Day 3
This was the big day, the main reason for this trip. We finally made it to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta, a major site of hoodoos, petroglyphs and pictographs.
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Posted by Marja-Leena on June 22, 2006
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more Lascaux
CultureGrrl author Lee Rosenbaum, a longtime cultural journalist who writes for Wall Street Journal and Art in America wrote some interesting observations about the prehistoric art scene in the Dordogne region...
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Posted by Marja-Leena on June 15, 2006
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Save Lascaux
Recently I wrote about the fungus in Lascaux Caves. Since then I've had some interesting correspondence from Melody Di Piazza. She has given me permission to share it with my readers(hyperlinks mine): "I am the vice-chair of the International... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 25, 2006
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fungus in Lascaux Caves
Image from The Painted Gallery This is disturbing news. After reading it, I had to go and revisit the online Lascaux Caves site to marvel over the great art, such as the image above. 'A pernicious white fungus has... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 10, 2006
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prunings, rockpiles & pennies
Some recommended reading today: 1. PRUNED is a blog about "landscape architecture and related fields", which includes earth art. I've been browsing through the archives finding treasures like panographies. PRUNINGS I to XX on the sidebar offers many eclectic and... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 25, 2006
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ORIGINS Centre
One example of the rock art in the Wits University collection, which is probably the largest in the world (Image: Origins Centre) From the City of Johannesburg comes this exciting news for archaeology and anthropology fans like me: Origins... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 4, 2006
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more Petra
Petra, Jordan, 1998 Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt “Reclining on a rooftop carved two millennia ago, a Bedouin surveys the realm of the Nabataeans, whose ancient capital beckons from the sands of southern Jordan. Forgotten for centuries, Petra still... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 26, 2006
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a batik exhibition
This little news item in Stone Pages caught my eye and really piqued my interest: Exhibition: Spirits of the Stones "A touring exhibition by Annabel Carey of batiks featuring stone circles in England, Scotland and Wales, which began at the... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 27, 2006
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Avebury
I've been wandering in the past again, looking at a marvelous site on Avebury. It contains comprehensive information about the amazing Neolithic standing stones in southern England, including plans, maps, panoramic views, history and links to explore further. "Whereas... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on November 30, 2005
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humour
© Bizarro.com - scanned from Vancouver Sun Nov.26.2005 A little message to yours truly and her obsession with rock art?... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on November 28, 2005
Carnac megaliths
A "marking" on stone, Carnac. Photograph by Stephen Miller. Stephen Miller's dramatic photos of Megaliths in the Carnac region of France capture "a certain kind of spell over the whole area, hard to pin down, maybe like an echo... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 30, 2005
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Zimbabwe rock art
I've recently discovered Mayday 34°35'S 150°36'E, a "Finnish-Australian blog about survival in rural New South Wales", Australia. Anni Heimo writes her posts in both Finnish and English. The other day, I was pleasantly surprised to read: "Somewhere in 1990s,... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 19, 2005
Writing-on-Stone
Petroglyph: The Hunt - Photograph by Ray Rasmussen On my daily rounds of the blogs today, I was thrilled to discover at wood s lot a photo and link to the site of some wonderful photographs taken by several... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 5, 2005
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Wolf Cave
Here's an interesting find, not rock art this time, but archaeology. Susiluola or Wolf Cave is northern Europe's oldest known human dwelling site. In most places the last ice age destroyed evidence from the warmer interglacial periods of previous... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 3, 2005
a rubbing
This is a rubbing I made of a wonderful image embedded in the cover of a book I found in the library a few days ago. 'Indian Rock Carvings of the Pacific Northwest' by Edward Meade (1971) has numerous... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 1, 2005
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Kiwi Stonehenge
Checking through my old bookmarks, I came across an old BBC article about the opening last February of a Stonehenge in New Zealand. "For millennia people have gazed in awe at Stonehenge, often totally unaware of how structures such... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 30, 2005
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Pekka Kivikäs
As my readers know, I'm nuts about prehistoric art, particularly that of northern Europe. One site that I check periodically is Arkeo.net, a Finnish portal for archaeology fans. Recently I spotted a notice about some new books (PDF) that... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 26, 2005
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Vaseaux Lake pictographs
My own art work is keeping me preoccupied these days, especially with the exhibition coming up in November, so today I'm being a lazy blogger. May I point you to a link provided once again by reader Bill Knight... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 21, 2005
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Rock art in Northern Australia
Early rock painting at Ubirr, Northern Australia From MMOA's Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History has a section on the history of art in Australia. Most fascinating for me was reading about... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 18, 2005
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Rock Art of SW Texas
Photos: Jim Zintgraff This is an exciting find: The Rock Art Foundation has a very impressive website "to promote the conservation and study of the Native American Rock Art in the Lower Pecos region of Southwest Texas." I did... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 13, 2005
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Spirit in the Stone
"Salmon Man" on beach at Quadra Island - drawing by Hilary Stewart I am slowly savoring 'Spirit in the Stone' by Joy Inglis, a book that was recommended to me by reader Irene from Manitoba and which I recently... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 31, 2005
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Lascaux Caves replica
The Unicorn in the Great Hall of the Bulls, Lascaux Caves A few days ago I picked up a gorgeous book from the library - Chauvet Cave: The Art of Earliest Times by Jean Clottes, and Paul G. Bahn... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 30, 2005
Borneo rock art
Stone Gallery Photograph by Carsten Peter I'm really enjoying this month's issue of the National Geographic magazine, particularly the beautiful article 'Hands Across Time, Exploring the Rock Art of Borneo', also found on NG's website. "Deep within the cliffside... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 13, 2005
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Adriel Heisey desert photos
After blogging about cuneiform last week, I happened to go its source, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia. I noticed this announcement: "FROM ABOVE: IMAGES OF A STORIED LAND,"Adriel Heisey's Aerial Photographs of the American... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 2, 2005
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Lascaux & Lakota
The Swan Winter Count On a short lunch and rest break from final preparations for painting (rooms not canvas), I'm wandering through some favourite blogs. I'm really excited by these two posts about early man's art and its reproduction,... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 1, 2005
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cuneiform
This is my monogram in cuneiform the way an ancient Babylonian might have written it. See what yours looks like at Write Like a Babylonian. With my interest in petroglyphs and pictograms, I was fascinated to learn that "Pictograms,... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 30, 2005
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Art in Nature
Doesn't this scene look very magical and surreal, with the strange almost man-made looking sculptural forms scattered about in the landscape? Photo from the World Conservation Union (IUCN), via BBC It is the desert floor of Wadi al-Hitan, or Whale... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 20, 2005
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good links
Here's a small collections of links I've been saving to share for your reading pleasure: 1. More about Smithson at Print Australia and Modern Art Notes 2. As a lover of rock art and earth art, I was excited to... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 15, 2005
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writers and hoodoos
What are hoodoos? Do the hoodoos have native petroglyphs or pictographs? Is "hoodoo" an aboriginal word?
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Posted by Marja-Leena on July 8, 2005
badlands, hoodoos & petroglyphs
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 20, 2005
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primitive/primitiivi
I occasionally visit and explore PrimitiiviNet, an interesting website about archaeology and anthropology news, articles, books, and links to other related sites. It is written in a slightly disconcerting (to non-Finns) mix of English and Finnish by a Finn, Pekka... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 11, 2005
Journey of Mankind
"Who were our ancestors? From where did we originate? If we came out of Africa, what factors governed our routes? And when? Now finally this interactive map reveals an exciting journey of opportunity and survival, confirmed by genetic science and... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 4, 2005
petroforms
As readers know, I'm fascinated by rock art, so Tom Montag-The Middlewesterner's recent posts about a rock art conference that he is involved with really grabbed my attention. As media coordinator for the 2005 ESRARA Rock Art Conference in Wisconsin,... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 17, 2005
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prehistoric art and us
Wandering through some old book-marked articles, I came across a very interesting old one (2003) that seems very timely so soon after my Creswell Crags post. In Taking shape: Prehistoric art and us Victoria James discusses what prehistoric art and... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 29, 2005
Creswell Crags cave art
An overdrawn photo of the stag engraving in Church Hole (Photo: Sergio Ripoll). Found at Zinken, where it may be viewed much enlarged. For over a year I've been reading with great interest about the rock art finds in... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 25, 2005
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interactive digs
Thank you, everyone, for all the lovely get well wishes, I do appreciate them very much. A bad week was followed by another one, still battling bronchitis now with some antibiotics, but I think it can only get better now.... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 7, 2005
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teaching archaeology
Stone Pages Archaeo News is on my regular reading list. The article below piqued my interest and the wish to share it. It's copied in its entirety because their articles are not hyperlinked. 'Teaching British children archaeology A Decade ago... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 19, 2005
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Becoming Human
Are you a bookmarker like me? When I come across some interesting web sites that I don't have time to read in depth at that moment, I'll save it into a temp folder. The list gets rather long, so... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 23, 2005
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Australian rock art
Linden Langdon, a printmaker living in Tasmania, has chimed in with a lovely comment on last week's post Anniversary & Rocks. She writes: "I have put together a flash file of a few photos my mum has taken while she... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 8, 2005
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anniversary & rocks
Well, today is this blog's first anniversary and what a wonderful ride it has been. Many thanks to all you faithful readers and commentors and the still growing numbers of visitors who have been and are still making this new... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 1, 2005
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Aztec Empire exhibit
Charles Downey has visited The Aztec Empire exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (lucky guy!). I highly recommend you read his excellent review if you are interested in the Aztec culture as I am. As he says "For... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on January 30, 2005
Stonehenge book
Here's an interesting tidbit about Stonehenge found in today's Arts Journal: Daily Arts News: 'Stonehenge Under Attack (For 150 Years) - Debate is roaring over a plan to redo the Stonehenge site to accomodate tourists. But photographs over the past... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on November 22, 2004
endangered art
There are lots of news breaking stories of new archaeological discoveries around the world, especially in newly "opened" countries like Bulgaria and China, as evidenced on Stone Pages and Zinken for example. Even in the British Isles, which seem to... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on November 13, 2004
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Norway's rock drawings
It has been a little while since I visited Arkeo.net, a Finnish (no English) archaeological web portal written by Marjukka Mäkelä. It is a wonderful resource on the activities and research mainly into Finnish and some Russian and Scandinavian... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 25, 2004
Rock Art: Siberia and Alps
Erkki Luoma-aho presents his photographs of petroglyphs at Siberia's Tom and Jenisei Rivers and at Valcamonica in the Italian Alps, taken during his travels in 2000 and 2001. The site is in Finnish, but it consists mostly of photos.... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 20, 2004
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Petra
Petra, Jordan has long been on my dream wish list of places I'd love to visit and use in my artwork. Now Art Daily reports that the Cincinnati Art Museum will feature Petra: Lost City of Stone, the most... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 15, 2004
rock art photography
Wood s Lot has linked to Alain Briot's beautiful rock art portfolio. Have you seen my earlier posts on the rock art of Utah, the US Southwest, and their damage by acts of vandalism? If you looked at the links... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 12, 2004
Art Daily is back
Zinken posted about a report on the fascinating Creswell Crags, which I have been reading about with great interest for some time, and which led me to the newly returned Art Daily - thanks! I wrote with some sadness about... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on September 5, 2004
Flying stones of Lapland
I have been having an interesting email correspondence with Vyacheslav Mizin, a Russian in St. Petersburg who found my site and wrote to me about his interests and research into Arctic stone cultures. His research trips around the St. Petersburg... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 25, 2004
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Rock Art defaced
News fromStone Pages: Rare Rock Art defaced in Utah Utah archeologists are fuming with the discovery that ancient art has been vandalized. The Buckhorn Pictograph in Emery County (U.S.A.) has been defaced with charcoal and chalk. The Bureau of Land... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on August 5, 2004
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Inuit Places of Power
This is a beautiful and moving site that I came across yesterday in my web research on the art of Canada's Northern people: The Canadian Museum of Civilization exhibition Places of Power, Objects of Veneration in the Canadian Arctic. This... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 30, 2004
Southwestern US Rock Art
A few days ago I wrote about the endangered rock art of Nine Mile Canyon in Utah. One of the links for sites of images was that of Doak Heyser. While browsing elsewhere, I found a link to Heyser's Southwestern... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 28, 2004
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Nine Mile Canyon, Utah
News from Stone Pages (July 24.04): "Court backs natural gas probe of Utah's Nine Mile Canyon" "A federal judge gave the go-ahead Wednesday for a company to search for natural gas near Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, renowned for its ancient... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 24, 2004
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Colony of Avalon
This caught my eye today on CBC Arts News: "Funding problems plague ongoing Nfld. archeological dig." "An ongoing excavation project in Newfoundland and Labrador continues to turn up some of the oldest artifacts ever discovered in North America, but the... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 22, 2004
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Karelia's Rock Art & History
Andrew Heninen is a Karelian (Finnish-Russian) programmer with a keen interest in the history of lost Finnish territories. Karelia (or Karjala in Finnish) is a territory which straddles the present-day border between Finland and Russia, and is home to the... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 6, 2004
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Finnish Rock Paintings
"Finnish rock paintings are an unique link to the world of the Stone Age people. The paintings are made 6000- 3000 years ago in vertical rock surfaces. The nearby lake was an important waterway, These pages introduce some of the... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 3, 2004
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the Sami and Siida
Part of my ongoing research into my Finnish ethnology has been learning more about the other groups in the Finno-Ugrian family of people. The Sami (formerly called Lapps) of Northern Finland, Sweden, Norway and Northwest Russia are one group and... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 15, 2004
Rock Art in Saskatchewan
I'm learning more about rock art in other parts of Canada. Here are reproductions and photos of aboriginal rock paintings or pictographs along the Saskatchewan portion of the Churchill River. These are taken from the book The Aboriginal Rock Paintings... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 11, 2004
South African Rock Art
Rock art of northern Europe is of great interest to me because of my roots, but unfortunately there are not many really good photo resources available online. So, when sorting through old bookmarks and coming across an article from a... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 31, 2004
Stonehenge & Manhattan
Here's a great link that I had bookmarked and forgotten about for a while: NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. They are truly incredible images that I wish I could claim as my creations! What reminded me again of APOD... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 30, 2004
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visiting Karelia
Going through some of my old bookmarked links, I came across a favourite saved sometime around the year 2000, The Karelian Journal. It is a fascinating real-life story about an international group that travels to the northwestern region of Russia... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 21, 2004
Columbia River petroglyphs
As regular readers of this blog know, I have a special, sometimes passionate interest in the rock art and petroglyphs of ancient people, particularly of Northern Europe and the northwest region of North America. So, this comes as good news... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 16, 2004
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Full Circle
"One hundred thousand years ago, our ancestors walked out of their African homeland to explore and settle the rest of the world. The paths they chose were to lead them to all corners of the earth. While some tribes turned... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 9, 2004
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Nexus: Vyg & Willendorf
Nexus: Vyg & Willendorf
inkjet print on Hahnemuhle watercolour paper
61 x 80 cm.
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 5, 2004
petroglyphs in BC
Rock carvings and paintings are found throughout the inhabited world. In British Columbia alone, over 500 examples of this type of archaeological site have been recorded, more than in any other province in Canada. Last week, on our way to... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on April 28, 2004
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The Spell of Rock Art
A prize possession of mine is the 2003 Finno-Ugric Calendar published by the Estonian Society of Prehistoric Art and the Fenno-Ugria Foundation. The photo work was done by society member Loit Joekalda, whom I met in Tallinn in 2002. It... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 29, 2004
what makes us human?
A year ago, City of Tampere's Museum Centre Vapriikki in Finland presented a multi-media exhibition on rock art organized by an international consortium: "Dawn of the Human Spirit" The exhibition statement offers a clear perspective on why rock art is... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 18, 2004
Rock art research
In my research into the history and art of my ancestors, a wealth of information has come from Loit Joekalda. He believes the best researcher of the rock art of the Fenno-Ugrians is Väino Poikalainen, chair of the Estonian Society... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 7, 2004
Tallinn
A fast ferry ride across the Gulf of Finland took us to Tallinn, Estonia with its fascinating medieval walled old town, surrounded by a busy city rapidly catching up with the west after the Soviet collapse. We met award-winning printmakers... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on February 3, 2004
Fenno-Ugrian people
Some of my image research delves into the marks left by early humans, particularly the Fenno-Ugrian peoples. Their region includes Finland (my birth country), Karelia (now in Russia), Estonia and Lapland or Sami. The Gallen-Kallela Museum in Finland had an... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on November 30, 2003
